On my WU graphs, the information is updated about every 5 minutes. This pretty much mirrors what I see on MyAcurite. However, I'm seeing next to the "Current Conditions" section on the WU page, the updates happening every X# of seconds...less than one minute intervals. If the Access or SmartHub only sends data in minute/multiple minute intervals, how is WU getting data in less than one minute intervals?

On my WU graphs, the information is updated about every 5 minutes. This pretty much mirrors what I see on MyAcurite. However, I'm seeing next to the "Current Conditions" section on the WU page, the updates happening every X# of seconds...less than one minute intervals. If the Access or SmartHub only sends data in minute/multiple minute intervals, how is WU getting data in less than one minute intervals?

Data is sent to wunderground via "rapidfire". For a 5n1 sensor on a SmartHUB, that means updates every 36 seconds.

It seems that the Access does rapid fire a bit better than the hub. However, I'll check that this weekend when I set up my second access at a different location. I'll then see if the rapid fire intervals are the same between the two.

In the SmartHUB, they chose 36 seconds for the update because that's how long it takes to get a complete set of weather data. The 5n1 emits 2 types of data packets alternating every 18 seconds. One has wind speed, wind direction, and rainfall data. The other has wind speed, temp, and humidity.

If you don't send wunderground a complete set of data, things can get screwy, so that's why they settled on 36 seconds. However, if you buffer the data you can construct a complete data set every 18 seconds it will make wunderground happy. I was doing it years ago with my programs and scripts so it definitely doable.

I imagine that's what they might be doing in the Access for the 5n1. When I get my "production" Access I'll be able to verify it in the data flow.